Film winding apparatus



Jan. 13, 1942. J. E. o. FELLER Fm: ummm APPARATUS- Fled Dec. 20; 1939 3 Sheets-Sheet l Jan. 13,1942.

J. E. o. FEYLLER 2,269,653

FILM WINDING APPARATUS Filed Dec. '20, 1939 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 6, 9 0 75 55 v Y. f 35053 A 55a 3] 63'/ 2g i ff f I z f f Ky 1 A F19/ 26 2 #fd Muralla/zer* 7 A I 29 wf 1%@ Jan.y 13, 1942.

J. E. 0;.FELLr-:R FILM vmmIuG APPARATUS Filed Dec. 20, 1939 3 Sheetsf-Sheet I5 Serial- NO. 137,972,

jectorto-the rewinding drum or reel.

- in the accom A PatentedV Jan. 13, 1942 .UNI-TED. I'sin'rss PATENT OFFICE A FILM wnvnnvo `'.irrmm'r'us. John E. 0: Feller, Canton, Ohio Application neeember 2o, 193s, serial No. 310,195-

s claims (cl. sis-issn The inxentionv relates to apparatus for winding 'the lm after'it has passed through a motion picture projector, and more particularly to improve ments upon the apparatus disclosed in my.copending .application for Film winding apparatus,

r lled- April` 20,* 1937, now Patent No. 2,182,723.

vide lan attachment adapted to. be installed upon a motion picture projector of any usual and well lrnown construction, to take the e -of the usual receiving spool or reel, the at chment including a receiving. drum'or reel and means for -rewinding the lm therein from the periphery being rewound therein is held by gravity in frictional engagement with a vdriving roller which feeds the film into the drum and rewinds it therein.

A further object is the provision of an -improved driving roller for feeding the film into the drum 'and rewinding it therein, the axis of -said roller being inclined vrelative to the axis of the'drum and having a beveled rim flange provided with a frictionsurface and adapted to engage the edge of the coiled nl m while theroller itself engages the surface of the film onlyat'a point near its edge. 1

A still further object isthe provision of certain new and novel features in the film feeding mechanism for feeding the lm from the .vpro- 'NStill another object of the invention is the provision of certain new. and novel features inthe rewinding drum or reel.

These objects together be apparent from the drawings and followingde-y tail description, or which may be later referred rewinding mechanism t'aken as on the line 3;-3, Fig.'2;

Fig. 4, a plan sectional view through the nlm rewinding mechanism, taken as onthe line 4 4,

' Fig. 3;

5, a detail plan sectional view of the pivotal connection for the floating arm which Apulley 2 I, passing downwardly therefrom,

with others which win to, may be attained by constructing the improved film winding apparatus in the manner illustrated drawings.v in which L Y Figure 1 is a'side elevation of a motion picture v projector showing the improved nlm rewinding mechanism applied thereto;

Fig. 2, an enlarged side elevation of the lm monin motion picture projectors now in general rewinding mechanism viewed in the normal plane of the receiving drum or reel;

Fig. 3, a vertical sectional .view through the carries the receiving drum or reel; l

Fig. 6an enlarged detail sectional view taken as on the line 6 6, Fig. 5;

Fig. "I, a vertical sectional elevation taken as on the line 11, Fig. 5;

Fig. 8, an elevation of the improved receiving drum or reel;

Fig. 9, a sectiony through the same lthe line 9 9, Fig. 8;

10, a section on the line Ill-I0, Fig. 9;

Fig. 1l, a detached perspective view of the ,expanding ring; and 1 4 Fig. 12, a detail elevation of the locking means for the split ring which surrounds the drum or reel when used for receiving a film from the pro- Jector.

taken as on L Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

In Fig. 1 is .shown a motion picture projector of usual and wellknown design indicated generallyby the numeral I3, which is provided with the usual `upwardly disposed supporting bracket I4' provided with the usual feed shafty I5 upon r bracket Ma upon which thereceiving reel is usually carried. r

The iilm indicated by the numeral I1 is with. drawn from the feed reel I6' in. usual and customary manner, passing under'the roller I8. then downward through the guide I9 locatedbehind the usual projector lens 20 and then over-the cated at Ila, where in general practice it is wound upona reel or spool from which it must be later rewound so' as to be in proper position to be again passedthrough the projector.

With the'exception that the use with the nlm winding mechanism to which the invention pertains, all of the parts above referred to may be of any usual and ordinary construction and arrangement such Yas is com- The usual receiving reel is removed from the lower supporting bracket Maand aconical puifeed .reel I6 is an improvedtype of reel especially adapted for ley 22 provided with a tapered rim flange 23 is journaled upon the spindle 24 of said bracket.

The rewinding drum or reel is adapted to be carried by a floating arm 25 having its inner end portion enlarged asat 28 and journaled between a spaced pair of angular ears 21 formed upon an adjustable bracket 28 hinged between the horizontally disposed lugs 29 formed upon the projector as by the pin 38.

For the purpose of normally holding the bracket 28 in operative position, a knurled sleeve M of the floating arm and has journaled therein the shaft 31 upon which the receiving drum or reel is adapted to be mounted as by means of the screwv threads 38 upon the end of said shaft, adapted to engage the threaded bore 39 inthe hub portion 48 of the side plate or disk 4| of the receiving drum or spool.

A spacing collar 42 may be located around the shaft 31 between said hub and the boss 36 and a spacing collar 43 may be also located around the shaft on the other side of the boss 36 and adapted to be held thereon as by a washer or collar 44 located upon a screw threaded rod 45 received in a threaded bore 46 in the outer end of the shaft 31, a coil spring 48 being located between said collar or washer and the knurled nut 49 to adjust the tension upon the receiving drum or reel.

A split peripheral flange ring 58 is adapted to be clamped around the periphery of the disk or side plate 4| of the receiving reel to form an open sided rlrurn and in order to properly position the same upon the side plate or disk, antannular groove 5| may be formed in said ring to receive the peripheral portion of the side plate. This ring may be clamped in position by any suitable means such 4as the latch plate 52 pivoted as at 53 to one end portion of the split ring and having an arcuate notch 54 adapted to re-A 4A tapered peripheral flange 68 is formed upon' the roller 59 and the inner face of this flange, as

well as the peripheral surface of the roller, may be covered with rubber or other friction material, as indicated at 6|. The roller 594 may be frictionally mounted upon the shaft 58 as by the adjusting screw 62, washer 63 and coil spring v64 located between the roller and the washer, a

spacing collar 65 surrounding the shaft between the roller 59 and the adjacent sidewall of the gear housing 51.

A worm gear 66 is xed uDOn the shaft 58 within the housing 51 and mesh with the worm 61 upon the shaft 58, which is driven in usual and well known manner by mechanism within the projector ordinarily use'd to drive the receiving reel or spool. An idler pulley .58 maybe 1ocated in the path of the film between the pulley 22 and the driving roller 59, being preferably mounted upon a bracket 18 suspended from the arm 55 and adjustably mounted thereon as by the clamping -screw 18.

For the purpose of assisting in retaining the coil of film within the drum.` a roller 1| may be carried upon a bracket 12 supported upon the arm 56 and bearing against theouter edge-of the coil of film within the receiving drum, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

As the projector is operated, the film is withdrawn from the feed reel in usual and customary manner, being passed between the lens and the light in the projector and then downwardly, as indicated at |1a, around the pulleys 23 and 69 and over the driving roller 59.

The ring 58 of the receiving drum is supported by gravity upon the driving roller 59, the film being passed between the inner surface of said ring and the roller and as the roller is driven in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 2, the drum is driven in the same direction, coiling the film within the drumfrom the periphery toward the center` thereof and transferring it into the receiving drum or reel in the same position it occupied upon the feed reel,

so that it is not necessary to rewind the film before again exhibiting in the projector.

When all of the lm has been coiled Within the receiving drum or reel, the knurled sleeve or button 3| may be pulled upward, permitting the bracket 28 to swing upon its pivot so as to swing the arm 25, carrying the receiving reel or drum away fromthe driving roller 59.

The split expanding ring 58a then placed in the drum within the center of the coil of film, as shown in Fig. 10 and the hub portion 40 of the side plate or disk 4| may be unscrewed from thethreaded end of the shaft 31 and screwed upon the threaded end portion of the feed shaft I5. The removable side plate or disk 4|a may then be placed in position upon the reel. This .side plate 41a has a .smaller disk 13 journaled thereon as by the hub 14 fixed to the disk 13 and rotatably mounted within the central opening 15 of the side plate 4|a.

A plurality of spacing pins 16 is carried by the plate 4|a and its disk 13, theSe spacing pins having reduced end portions 11 and 18 received through the corresponding radial slots 19 and 88 respectively 4in the side plates 4| and 4|a, the reduced end portions 18 being also received through the curved slots 3| in the disk 13. A head 82 may be formed upon one end of each of the spacingpins 18 and a flange headed screw 83 may be engaged in the other reduced end of each spacing pin to retain them in position.

It should be understood that the spacing pins are normally located at the inner ends of the slots 88 and 8| so that when the side plate 4|a is placed in position relative to the reel or drum,

the heads 52 of the spacing pins will be received in the enlarged inner ends 84 of the radial slots .19 in the side plate 4I.

The disk 13 may then be rotated relative to the side plate 4|a, by means of the knob 85, to

the position shown in Figs. 8, 9 and l0, moving the spacing pins 16 radially outward and expanding the ring 58a, within the coil of film. The latch plate 52 may then bev opened and the peripheral flange ring 58 removed from the drum when the nlm may be unwound from the outside and again passed through the projector. c

I claim:

1. In combinationV with a motion picture projector having a feed reel shaft, a feed reel mounted on said shaft and means for passing a film from said feed reel through the projector, apparatus for rewinding the iilm with the leading end outermost including a pivoted arm, a rotatable receiving drum carried by the arm and comprising a side plate and a removable peripheral ring, a driving roller extending into the open side of said drum so that the peripheral ring rests. by gravity upon said roller, and means for rotating said driving roller to deliver the nlm to lthe interior of said drum and rotate the drum so as to coil the iilm within said ring.

2. In combination with a motion picture prov lector having a feed reel shaft, a feed lreel mounted on said shaft and means for passing a film from said feed reel through the projector,

apparatus for rewinding the film with the lead'- jector having a feed reel shaft, a feed reel mounted on said shaftand means for passing a nlm from said feed reel through the projector,

apparatus for rewinding the nlm with theleading end outermost including a pivoted arm, a rotatable receiving drum carried by the arm and comprising a side plate and a removable peripheral ring, a driving roller extending into the open side of said drum so that the peripheral ring rests by gravity upon said roller, a flange upon said driving roller adapted to frictionally contact the edge Aof the coil of film within the drum, means for rotating said driving roller to deliver the film to the interior of said drum and rotate the drum so as to coil the film within said ring.

6. In combination with a motion picture projector having a feed reel shaft, a feed reel mounted on said shaft and means for passing a film from said feed reel through the projector, apparatus for rewinding the film with the leading end outermost including a pivoted arm, a rotat- 1 able receiving Adrum carried by the arm and coming end outermost including a pivoted arm, a

rotatableV receiving drum carried bythe arm and comprising a side plate and a removable periph-A eral ring, a driving roller extending into the open side of said drum and located upon an axis inclined toward the axis of the drum so that the peripheral ring rests by gravity upon said roller, and means for rotating said driving roller to deliver the film to the interior of said drum and rotate the drum so as to coil the film within said ring.

3. In combination with a motion picture prov jector having a feed reel shaft, a feed reel mounted on said'shaft and means for passing a film from said feed -reel through the projector, apparatus for rewinding the nlm with the leading end outermost including a pivoted arm, a rotatable receiving drum carried by the arm and comprising a side plate and a removable peripheral ring, vthe axis of the drum being at an angle tothe horizontal, a driving roller extending into the open side of said drum so that the peripheral for rotating said driving roller to deliver the nlm to the interior of said drum and rotate the' drum so as to coil the nlm within said ring.

4. In combination with a motion picture projector having a feed reel shaft, a feed reel mountaxis inclined toward the axis of the drum so that the'peripheral ring rests by gravity upon said roller, and means for rotating said driving roller to deliver the nlm to the interiors of said drum vandrotatethedrumsoVastocoilth'efllmwithin said ring.

5. In combination with a motion picture proprising a side plate and a removable peripheral ring, a driving roller extending into the open side of said drum and located upon an axis inclined toward the axis of the drum so that the peripheral ring rests by gravity upon said roller, a tapered flange upon said driving roller adapted to frictionally contact the edge of the coil of nlm within the drum, means for rotating said driving roller .gto deliver the film to the interior of said drum and rotate the drum so as to coil the film within said ring.

'7. In combination with a motion picture projector having a feed reel shaft, a feed reel mounted on said shaft and means for passing a film from said feed reel through the projector, apparatus for rewinding the film with the leading end outermost including a pivoted arm, a rotatable receiving drum carried by the arm and comprising a side plate and a removable peripheral ring, a driving roller extending into the open side of said drum so that the peripheral ring rests by gravity upon said roller, means for rotating ring' rests by gravity upon said roller, and means said driving roller to deliver the nlm to the in- `from said feed reel through the projector, ap-

paratus for rewinding the film with the leading end outermost including a pivoted arm, a rota'table receiving drum carried by the arm and comprising a side plate and a removable peripheral ring, a driving roller extending into the open side of said drum so that the peripheral ring4 4rests by. gravity upon said roller, means for rotating said. driving roller to deliver the nlm to the interior of said drum and rotate the drum so as to coil the film within said ring.

JOHN E. O. FEILER. 

